Genesis 50

1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

١ فَأَلْقَى يُوسُفُ بِنَفْسِهِ عَلَى جُثْمَانِ أَبِيهِ، وَبَكَى وَقَبَّلَهُ.

2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel.

٢ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ يُوسُفُ عَبِيدَهُ الأَطِبَّاءَ أَنْ يُحَنِّطُوا أَبَاهُ.

3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him threescore and ten days.

٣ وَقَدِ اسْتَغْرَقَ ذَلِكَ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً، وَهِيَ الأَيَّامُ الْمَطْلُوبَةُ لاسْتِكْمَالِ التَّحْنِيطِ. وَبَكَى الْمِصْرِيُّونَ عَلَيْهِ سَبْعِينَ يَوْماً.

4 And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke unto the house of Pharaoh, saying: 'If now I have found favour in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying:

٤ وَبَعْدَمَا انْقَضَتْ أَيَّامُ النُّوَاحِ عَلَيْهِ، قَالَ يُوسُفُ لأَهْلِ بَيْتِ فِرْعَوْنَ: «إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ حَظِيتُ بِرِضَاكُمْ، فَتَكَلَّمُوا فِي مَسَامِعِ فِرْعَوْنَ قَائِلِينَ:

5 My father made me swear, saying: Lo, I die; in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come back.'

٥ لَقَدِ اسْتَحْلَفَنِي أَبِي وَقَالَ: أَنَا مُشْرِفٌ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ، فَادْفِنِّي فِي الْقَبْرِ الَّذِي حَفَرْتُهُ لِنَفْسِي فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، فَاسْمَحْ لِيَ الآنَ بِأَنْ أَمْضِيَ لأَدْفِنَ أَبِي ثُمَّ أَعُودَ».

6 And Pharaoh said: 'Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.'

٦ فَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ: «امْضِ وَادْفِنْ أَبَاكَ كَمَا اسْتَحْلَفَكَ».

7 And Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

٧ فَانْطَلَقَ يُوسُفُ لِيَدْفِنَ أَبَاهُ، وَرَافَقَتْهُ حَاشِيَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ مِنْ أَعْيَانِ بَيْتِهِ وَوُجَهَاءِ مِصْرَ،

8 and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house; only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

٨ وَكَذَلِكَ أَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ وَإخْوَتُهُ وَأَهْلُ بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ. وَلَمْ يُخَلِّفُوا وَرَاءَهُمْ فِي أَرْضِ جَاسَانَ سِوَى صِغَارِهِمْ وَغَنَمِهِمْ وَقُطْعَانِهِمْ.

9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen; and it was a very great company.

٩ وَصَاحَبَتْهُ أَيْضاً مَرْكَبَاتٌ وَفُرْسَانٌ، فَكَانُوا مَوْكِباً عَظِيماً.

10 And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they wailed with a very great and sore wailing; and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

١٠ وَلَمَّا وَصَلُوا إِلَى بَيْدَرِ أَطَادَ فِي عَبْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ أَقَامَ يُوسُفُ لأَبِيهِ مَنَاحَةً عَظِيمَةً مَرِيرَةً نَاحُوا فِيهَا عَلَيْهِ طَوَالَ سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامٍ

11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said: 'This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians.' Wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

١١ وَعِنْدَمَا شَاهَدَ الْكَنْعَانِيُّونَ السَّاكِنُونَ هُنَاكَ الْمَنَاحَةَ فِي بَيْدَرِ أَطَادَ قَالُوا: «هَذِهِ مَنَاحَةٌ هَائِلَةٌ لِلْمَصْرِيِّينَ». وَسَمُّوا الْمَكَانَ الَّذِي فِي عَبْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ «آبِلَ مِصْرَايِمَ» (وَمَعْنَاهُ: مَنَاحَةُ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ).

12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them.

١٢ وَنَفَّذَ أَبْنَاءُ يَعْقُوبَ وَصِيَّةَ أَبِيهِمْ،

13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a burying-place, of Ephron the Hittite, in front of Mamre.

١٣ فَنَقَلُوهُ إِلَى أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ وَدَفَنُوهُ فِي مَغَارَةِ حَقْلِ الْمَكْفِيلَةِ مُقَابِلَ مَمْرَا الَّتِي اشْتَرَاهَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ مَعَ الْحَقْلِ مِنْ عِفْرُونَ الْحِثِّيِّ لِتَكُونَ مَدْفَناً خَاصّاً.

14 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

١٤ وَبَعْدَ أَنْ دَفَنَ يُوسُفُ أَبَاهُ، رَجَعَ هُوَ وَإخْوَتُهُ وَسَائِرُ الَّذِينَ رَافَقُوهُ إِلَى مِصْرَ.

15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said: 'It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did unto him.'

١٥ وَلَمَا رَأى إِخْوَةُ يُوسُفُ أَنَّ أَبَاهُمْ قَدْ مَاتَ قَالُوا: «لَعَلَّ يُوسُفَ الآنَ يَشْرَعُ فِي اضْطِهَادِنَا وَيَنْتَقِمُ مِنَّا لإِسَاءَتِنَا إِلَيْهِ؟»

16 And they sent a message unto Joseph, saying: 'Thy father did command before he died, saying:

١٦ فَبَعَثُوا إِلَيْهِ رَسُولاً قَائِلِينَ: «لَقَدْ أَوْصَى أَبُوكَ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ وَقَالَ:

17 So shall ye say unto Joseph: Forgive, I pray thee now, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for that they did unto thee evil. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father.' And Joseph wept when they spoke unto him.

١٧ هَكَذَا تَقُولُونَ لِيُوسُفَ: اغْفِرْ لإِخْوَتِكَ ذَنْبَهُمْ وَخَطِيئَتَهُمْ، فَإِنَّهُمْ قَدْ أَسَاءُوا إِلَيْكَ. فَالآنَ اصْفَحْ عَنْ إِثْمِ عَبِيدِ إِلَهِ أَبِيكَ». فَلَمَّا بَلَغَتْهُ رِسَالَتُهُمْ بَكَى يُوسُفُ.

18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said: 'Behold, we are thy bondmen.'

١٨ وَجَاءَ إِخْوَتُهُ أَيْضاً وَانْطَرَحُوا أَمَامَهُ وَقَالُوا: «هَا نَحْنُ عَبِيدُكَ».

19 And Joseph said unto them: 'Fear not; for am I in the place of God?

١٩ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لا تَخَافُوا: هَلْ أَنَا أَقُومُ مَقَامَ اللهِ؟

20 And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

٢٠ أَنْتُمْ نَوَيْتُمْ لِي شَرّاً، وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ قَصَدَ بِالشَّرِّ خَيْراً، لِيُنْجِزَ مَا تَمَّ الْيَوْمَ، لإِحْيَاءِ شَعْبٍ كَثِيرٍ.

21 Now therefore fear ye not; I will sustain you, and your little ones.' And he comforted them, and spoke kindly unto them.

٢١ لِذَلِكَ لَا تَخَافُوا، فَأَنَا أَعُولُكُمْ أَنْتُمْ وَأَوْلادَكُمْ». فَطَمْأَنَهُمْ وَهَدَّأَ رَوْعَهُمْ.

22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.

٢٢ وَأَقَامَ يُوسُفُ فِي مِصْرَ هُوَ وَأَهْلُ بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ. وَعَاشَ يُوسُفُ مِئَةً وَعَشْرَ سِنِينَ،

23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation; the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph's knees.

٢٣ حَتَّى شَهِدَ الجِيلَ الثَّالِثَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ أَفْرَايِمَ، وَكَذَلِكَ أَوْلادَ مَاكِيرَ بْنِ مَنَسَّى الَّذِينَ احْتَضَنَهُمْ عِنْدَ وِلادَتِهِمْ.

24 And Joseph said unto his brethren: 'I die; but God will surely remember you, and bring you up out of this land unto the land which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.'

٢٤ ثُمَّ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لإِخْوَتِهِ: «أَنَا مُوْشِكٌ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ، وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ سَيَفْتَقِدُكُمْ وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ وَيَرُدُّكُمْ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَعَدَ بِها بِقَسَمٍ لإِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ».

25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying: 'God will surely remember you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.'

٢٥ وَاسْتَحْلَفَ يُوسُفُ أَبْنَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلاً: «إِنَّ اللهَ سَيَفْتَقِدُكُمْ فَانْقُلُوا عِظَامِي مِنْ هُنَا».

26 So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old. And they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

٢٦ ثُمَّ مَاتَ يُوسُفُ وَقَدْ بَلَغَ مِنَ الْعُمْرِ مِئَةً وَعَشْرَ سِنِينَ. فَحَنَّطُوهُ وَوَضَعُوهُ فِي تَابُوتٍ فِي مِصْرَ.